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{{Infobox ship image| Ship image=USS Durham (LKA-114) underway 1989.JPG | Ship caption=USS Durham (LKA-114) off San Diego in 1989
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}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Charleston|amphibious cargo ship}} | Ship type= | Ship tonnage= | Ship displacement=*9,937 tons (light) | Ship tons burthen= | 575|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} | 82|ft|m|abbr=on}} | Ship height= | 25|ft|5|in|m|abbr=on}} | Ship depth= | Ship hold depth= | Ship decks= | Ship deck clearance= | Ship ramps= | Ship propulsion= | Ship speed= | Ship range= | Ship endurance= | Ship boats= 18 × LCM-8 and LCM-6 landing craft | Ship capacity= | Ship troops= | Ship complement=50 officers, 592 men | Ship crew= | Ship time to activate= | Ship sensors= | Ship EW= | Ship armament= 4 × twin 3"/50 caliber guns | Ship armor= | Ship aircraft= | Ship aircraft facilities= | Ship notes=
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}} | USS Durham (AKA-114/LKA-114) was a Charleston class amphibious cargo ship named after Durham, North Carolina. She served as a commissioned ship for 24 years and 9 months, and earned a total of 15 awards and campaign ribbons for her service. She was laid down as AKA-114 at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, VA, and redesignated LKA-114 on 1 January 1969. She was commissioned on 24 May 1969. Durham was extensively involved in the Vietnam War. In April 1975, Durham participated in Operation Frequent Wind, the evacuation of Saigon, Vietnam.[1] In the Gulf War, she was part of an 18-ship amphibious task force that was the largest such force since the Korean War. The task force arrived on station in the North Arabian Sea on 12 January 1991. The ship was decommissioned on 25 February 1994. She is currently berthed at the Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF) awaiting disposal. There is no DANFS entry for the ship. References1. ^By Sea, Air and Land: An Illustrated History of the U.S. Navy and the war in Southeast Asia Chapter 5: The Final Curtain, 1973-1975
External links- {{NVR url|id=LKA114|title=Naval Vessel Register: Durham (LKA-114)}}
- Naval History Center Gulf War Chronology, January 1991
- NavSource Online: AKA / LKA-114 Durham
- Military.com: USS Durham
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060620071629/http://ussrankin.org/id352.htm 51 Years of AKAs]
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